I use the term “active path testing” to refer to systems that send packets into the network to measure network characteristics. A simple ping test is the most fundamental active path test, but it ...

One thing about building home local area networks (LANs) is that the more you add to it, the more things can go wrong. Even when things are running smoothly, I still want to know what's going on so I ...

Contemporary IT infrastructure and applications operate in an extreme environment barely envisioned a decade ago, pushing networks to the limit and challenging the security industry to keep pace. A ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NetAlly, a global leader in handheld network testing ...

It may be that enterprises are reaching a point where measuring and managing real-time application performance is becoming a necessity, not just a nice-to-have. We spend a lot of time at ...

Offers an open and highly flexible test platform that can run on software, hardware, and white boxes, reducing time-to-test by as much as four times Built on vendor-neutral API to facilitate ...

LinkRunner, a private equity backed provider of highly regarded network testing tools, has named former Hewlett Packard Enterprise year veteran Mike Parrottino as its new CEO. Parrottino, a passionate ...

I'm not a dedicated networking guy, but I'm frequently called on to figure out whether a given network jack in my building is active, and to retrieve its CDP data if it is. At the moment I've got an ...

The Spectra2 XL3 from Tektronix Communications, a platform for testing EPC (evolved packet core) and IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) elements for mobile LTE and fixed IP networks, now delivers media ...

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...

We’ve been doing network-switch testing for more than 10 years now, and the concept of a triple-play test (voice, video, and data) has been a part of our plans from the early days of ATM OC-12 through ...

Foster City, Calif. — Asoka USA has introduced two network test tools at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Both the PlugLink AV (PL8060-PNT) and the PlugLink (PL8050-PNT) performance network ...